The Epidemiology of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Oncology Patients in a General Hospital

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 1030-1036

  Griffith, Saadia J ^a   Nathan, Catherine ^a   Selander, Robert K ^a   Chamberlin, William ^a   Gordon, Stephen ^a   Kabins, Sherwin ^a   Weinstein, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0024398375     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/160.6.1030     Document Type: Article

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